The short answer is yes.
Yes, after a year in which so many of our Black brothers and sisters were slain, I am willing to bet that a great number of Black Americans still hold fast to the idea of respectability—the notion that if you ‘act right’, you can avoid the discrimination and injustice that befalls so many of us.
The problem that most people have with respectability politics is…
Read the rest of my article at Las Morenas de España here, here, or here.
What can cross-cultural research teach us about the possible consequences of preferences that readily come to mind? We investigate this question in this project titled, Deny the Voice Inside
I decided to make this post because I couldn’t find (at least on the first few pages of Google results) anyone who mentioned how long it actually took to receive their check in the mail from Snap by Groupon. So far, I have waited 21 days or 15 business days. I will update this post with significant updates, so check back often.
Chances are, if you found yourself reading this post, you know about Snap by Groupon. For those who don’t here is a short description:
Better than a coupon, Snap gives you cash back on your groceries. When you shop, save on grocery items like fruits, veggies, beauty products, and cleaning supplies (via Google Play).
(NOTE: several calls took place between Snap’s customer service representatives and I between February 2-4 due to the volume of purchases)
Feburary 2, 2015: Made purchases and uploaded receipts to Snap
February 2-3, 2015: Email from Snap indicating my requests for checks were received
February 23, 2015: Email from Snap indicating my checks were on the way to my house.
February 28, 2015: Check mailed to my house!
It’s been about two weeks since Super Bowl Sunday, do you still remember your favorite advertisements?
My guess is, probably not.
Click here if you need a refresher of best commercials from the past 50 Super Bowls.
Creatives already fight an uphill battle selling the return-on-investment of television advertisements. It’s almost impossible for an organization to trace a purchase back to the ad that influenced it. Still, companies continue to behave irrationally when deciding their advertising budget. Many of the big players copy the marketing expenditures of their competitors explaining why Super Bowl ads continue to amass the highest revenues among television broadcasts.
But why? Especially if we forget them in just a few days. Makes you wonder if they’ll ever change their ways..
God is still good! Prayer still works!
My journey hasn’t been perfectly linear, but it has been my own. Those who know me best know that two years ago, I applied to 9 marketing Ph.D. programs, interviewed with 2, and didn’t earn acceptance into any of them.
Let me plant a kickstand here. The Lord had other plans for my life. I moved to New York. I created a job in a company that I am just as fond of as the day I first reached out to them. I proposed to the love of my life. I started a business. I studied alongside exemplary academicians at New York University.
All of these life events and countless other experiences have helped continually shape me into the man I am destined to be. This past Friday, the Lord showed me that I am still acting within His will and have not left from His grace.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) offered me admission into their College of Business Business Administration doctoral program for Fall 2014.
It was shouting time paragraphs ago, but again, those who know me best know that I have been working toward this moment ever since the original nine schools I applied to me reintroduced me to rejection…to humility.
I am proud to say that this letter of admission to UIUC is the first contact from the six schools I applied to this round. That means that I may be blessed with the burden of choosing which business Ph.D. program I’ll attend in August.
Let my blessing speak to the dreamer deep in your spirit driving you to achieve goals yet unseen. Continue praying. Continue preparing. Continue sacrificing. Your time is near.
Finally, I leave you with a Bible verse that has rung true ever since I first heard it years ago at Mt. Pisgah Missionary Baptist Church.
Bring all the tithes into the storehouse so there will be enough food in my Temple. If you do,” says the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, “I will open the windows of heaven for you. I will pour out a blessing so great you won’t have enough room to take it in! Try it! Put me to the test!
Malachi 3:10